{"id":15276,"date":"2021-12-14T08:54:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/bored-ape-yacht-club-partners-with-animoca-brands-to-launch-bayc-play-to-earn-game\/"},"modified":"2021-12-14T08:54:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:54:12","slug":"bored-ape-yacht-club-partners-with-animoca-brands-to-launch-bayc-play-to-earn-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/bored-ape-yacht-club-partners-with-animoca-brands-to-launch-bayc-play-to-earn-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Bored Ape Yacht Club Partners With Animoca Brands to Launch BAYC Play-to-Earn Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Monday, the blockchain game developer and investor Animoca Brands announced a partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) in order to develop a BAYC play-to-earn game leveraging the collection\u2019s popular NFTs. Bored Ape Yacht Club has seen 23,016 sales to date and has a market valuation of around $2.05 billion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>BAYC and Animoca Brands Team up to Launch a Game<\/h2>\n<p>The Yuga Labs-issued <a href=\"https:\/\/boredapeyachtclub.com\/\">Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animocabrands.com\/\">Animoca Brands<\/a> have revealed a joint partnership in order to develop and publish a blockchain game. The game will integrate the collection of BAYC NFTs, which have seen extreme demand in 2021. When the collection of 10,000 BAYCs was first introduced, each BAYC sold for 0.08 ether (<a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a>) per NFT. Single Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs have sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto and even <a href=\"https:\/\/metaverse.sothebys.com\/natively-digital\/lots\/bored-ape-8817\">millions of dollars<\/a> in ether at auction.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of 101 BAYC NFTs were sold at Sotheby\u2019s \u201cApe In!\u201d sale, which realized $24.4 million at auction. <a href=\"https:\/\/dappradar.com\/nft\/collections\">Metrics<\/a> from dappradar.com indicate that BAYC has an overall market valuation of around $2.05 billion and has seen 23,016 sales among 9,972 BAYC traders. Animoca Brands recently <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/blockchain-game-developer-animoca-brands-raises-65-million-ubisoft-sequoia-china-participate-in-funding\/\">raised<\/a> $65 million this past October from investors like Liberty City Ventures, Ubisoft Entertainment, Sequoia China, Dragonfly Capital, Com2uS, and Kingsway Capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to work with Animoca Brands to grow the BAYC universe and expand the utility and benefits offered to all Bored Ape NFT holders,\u201d a Yuga Labs spokesperson said in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News. \u201cAnimoca Brands is a trailblazer in the blockchain gaming space with a proven track record of delivering. We can\u2019t wait to share more with the community about what we\u2019re building.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Bored Ape Yacht Club Sees Prominent Partnerships This Year, BAYC Game Launch Schedule for Q2 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Bored Ape Yacht Club has been involved with a number of partnerships in 2021 in addition to the recent deal with Animoca Brands. BAYC has partnered with well known brands such as the magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.rollingstone.com\/products\/rolling-stone-x-bored-ape-yacht-club-special-collectors-edition-zine\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, the popular beverage producer and brand Arizona Iced Tea <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/arizona-iced-tea-reveals-bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-comic\/\">worked<\/a> with BAYC, and in mid-November, Universal Music Group backed a BAYC-infused entertainment project. The same day, the hip hop record producer and recording artist Timbaland <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/two-entertainment-projects-featuring-bored-ape-yacht-club-nfts-get-backing-from-universal-music-group-timbaland\/\">launched<\/a> a BAYC-related entertainment project as well.<\/p>\n<p>The German athletic shoes, sportswear, and accessories giant, Adidas, has also <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/adidas-steps-into-the-metaverse-by-partnering-with-nft-projects-bored-ape-yacht-club-punks-comic\/\">managed<\/a> to work with the Bored Ape Yacht Club as the collection has become a phenomenon. In regard to the recent partnership between BAYC and Animoca Brands, the new game is expected to release in the second quarter of 2022, notably featuring \u201cplay-to-earn mechanics.\u201d Yat Siu, the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands explains that while there\u2019s been a lot of NFTs this year, BAYC has made its mark in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNFTs have emerged as a store of culture,\u201d Siu remarked. \u201cThere are very few icons that are able to represent the surging world of NFTs as powerfully as Bored Ape Yacht Club, which is why we, as a group and in aggregate, hold a significant number of them. We are incredibly excited and proud to collaborate on a game for this cultural milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think about Bored Ape Yacht Club and Animoca Brands partnering to release a play-to-earn video game in Q2 2022? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin News<br \/>\nBlockchain, Adidas, Animoca Brands, Animoca Brands co-founder, Arizona Iced Tea, BAYC, BAYC owners, BAYC traders, Bored Ape Yacht Club, game, nft, NFTs, Non-fungible Token, P2E Game, play to earn, Q2 2022, Rolling Stone, Sotheby\u2019s \u201cApe In!\u201d sale, Timbaland, Universal Music Group, Yat Siu, Yuga Labs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the blockchain game developer and investor Animoca Brands announced a partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) in order to develop a BAYC play-to-earn game leveraging the collection\u2019s popular NFTs. Bored Ape Yacht Club has seen 23,016 sales to date and has a market valuation of around $2.05 billion. 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